Toward a unified theory of “millennial cringe”

Vox ^ | Updated Dec 19, 2022, 6:24am EST | By Rebecca Jennings | @rebexxxxa

[Louis Foxwell]

I was here in ‘98 but my first account was lost to time and historical rubble. I remember prattling on about abortion. Someone said, “Where did you come from?” Thus my first welcome. I felt the glow.

[Louis Foxwell]

Do you remember Ababa? Amos the Prophet?

[Lurker]

Class of 98 here. But I was in before sign up dates were a thing.

L

[Louis Foxwell]

lol We have been together for a long time Lurker. Jim has been good to us.

[Allegra]

I’m a new guy. I didn’t get here until late 2000.

I’m even newer. Early 2001. :)

Thailand?

[Allegra]

Joined in 2000 and almost immediately had A+ Bert fry me in a FReepmail for something or the other.

LOL. A “baptism by fire” of sorts, indeed.

Remember Registered? He did some legendary stuff before memes were really a thing.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Registered was great.

[StAnDeliver]

How does this Vacuum-head namecheck "epic bacon" 8 times and not know the origin?

Because she couldn't, because she's a dumb Millenial. You had to be there.

It came from the original 4chan (pre-Obama) crowd-playing The Oregon Trail every Saturday night, and one night after a long losing streak, the crowd came up with the idea of just starting out loading up with nothing but bacon, and we won. "Epic bacon" was born.